Chuck P
Inspired
Lots of great advice in here. If orienting the guitar optimally still leaves a lot of buzz, it could be from a couple things:
1) RFI/EMI radiation from multiple sources/directions, in which case positioning the guitar will only do so much
2) Ground loops, which are created when devices in the signal chain are plugged into different circuits with different ground potential voltages. Positioning the guitar won't do anything about this.
Some good steps here are:
1) RFI/EMI radiation from multiple sources/directions, in which case positioning the guitar will only do so much
2) Ground loops, which are created when devices in the signal chain are plugged into different circuits with different ground potential voltages. Positioning the guitar won't do anything about this.
Some good steps here are:
- Turn. Stuff. Off. Turn the lights off. Turn the monitors off. Turn the TV off. Turn your phone off. If there's a fridge on the circuit with a motor churning away, unplug it for the take. You say the room is full of "all manner of electronics" but you don't need all of it to track this part. You need the PC and the Axe and perhaps an interface. Turn everything else off. Then leave it all off. All you need in your life is the Axe FX III. OK that might be going too far.
- Think about your circuits. If your Axe, interface, and PC are on the same circuit, you probably won't have a ground loop. If you play through a powered monitor that's on a different circuit because you play at Motörhead volumes in your bedroom and you're sick of blown fuses taking your PC down, well, I mean, take some beer to the prettiest quiet place nearby and think about that for a bit.